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Roob’s Observations after total Eagles meltdown at home against Bears – NBCSP
I get that it was cold and I get that it was windy and it has been the last few weeks, but we’re just not seeing the Jalen Hurts that we need to see right now, and it’s getting concerning. He did have a couple late touchdowns to A.J. Brown, but the game was decided by then, and really with games in the balance he’s just been scattershot and inaccurate for much of the last few weeks. Missing open guys. Making poor decisions. He had a fumble and an interception Friday. This team isn’t going to win anything without Hurts playing at an elite level and lately he hasn’t been close.
If you want to know why the passing route design sometimes looks rudimentary, look at Sirianni, Patullo and their nondescript scheme. But don’t forget the quarterback. There are swaths of the playbook that aren’t touched because Hurts isn’t comfortable with certain concepts. And if you want to know why a group that returned 10 of 11 starters and costs more than any other offense in the NFL is among the worst in the league, look at the men in charge. But if Sirianni and Patullo are to be called out for failing to coach to their talent, Hurts has to face that same scrutiny. On Friday, there was plenty beyond the big-picture problems to be critical of.
Eagles fans erupt with “Fire Kevin!” chants as Sirianni refuses to move off Patullo – The Athletic
Whatever you think of Patullo, the offense requires better quarterback play if it’s going to improve. In that postgame conversation, Patullo was on one side of it. The other side was the franchise quarterback — and reigning Super Bowl MVP — who turned the ball over twice. Hurts finished 19 of 34 for 230 yards, two touchdowns and one interception to go along with 31 rushing yards, with most of the passing production coming in the fourth quarter when the Eagles were playing from behind. At the end of the third quarter, he was 8 of 16 — and only two completions on six third-down pass attempts. There were plays in which receivers appeared open, and the pass fell incomplete. “Ultimately, you look inward first and I see it as how the flow of things has gone for us this year and being practical about that: I can’t turn the ball over, so the ultimate goal is to go out there and find a way to win,” Hurts said. “That’s been a direct correlation with success for us being able to protect the ball and so that really, really killed us.”
One play proves Eagles’ offensive issues aren’t all OC’s fault – NJ.com
Everyone immediately blamed Hurts for the misfire. It looked pretty cut and dried. But Hurts hinted at a miscommunication leading to the missed opportunity. “It was two guys on two different pages,” Hurts said. “That’s been the issues we’ve been having. We weren’t detailed enough on that. I wasn’t detailed enough in instructing him what to do as we prepared and making myself clear on that.” Was Smith supposed to run a different route? Hurts didn’t specifically say that, but that’s what he implied. Either way, it wasn’t even the most egregious part of the play. Dallas Goedert was wide open for a touchdown. Like, really wide open. If Smith could have walked into the end zone, Goedert could have crawled.
Nick Sirianni after Eagles’ loss to Bears: “We’re not changing the play-caller” – BGN
The Eagles offense failed again to look even remotely competent against the Bears on Black Friday, and head coach Nick Sirianni spoke to reporters following the 24-15 loss. He talked about OC Kevin Patullo remaining the play-caller, how they still need to find answers on offense, and why the run defense doesn’t have an effort problem. Without a chance to watch the tape yet, Sirianni pointed to areas that affected the outcome of Friday’s game.
Eagles-Bears Takeaways With BLG: It’s Time for an OC Change! – The Ringer’s Philly Special
Sheil is joined by Brandon Lee Gowton of Bleeding Green Nation to discuss the Eagles falling to the Chicago Bears on Black Friday 24-15. What will it take to correct this offense? Does there need to be a new play caller immediately? Can the 2025 Eagles turn this season around? Is Jalen Hurts the problem? How were the Bears so successful at running on the Eagles? Plus, some leftovers. Big takeaway’s (5:05). Assessing the Eagles coaching (9:36). Can the Eagles turn the season around? (26:51). Is Jalen part of the problem? (39:24). Why the Bears ran all over the Eagles (51:38). Leftovers (1:05:04).
Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-Bears game – PhillyVoice
1) The ‘No Pee Breaks Offense’ Award 🚽: Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo. The Eagles’ offense sucks. #Analysis. But it’s not that they suck. It’s how they suck. They held the ball for barely over one-third of the game, as the Bears beat the Eagles in time of possession, 39:18 to 20:42. The Bears doubled them up in first downs, 28-14. They ran 85 plays to the Eagles’ 51. The Eagles had four three-and-outs, plus another two-play possession that ended in a Bears INT. If you used the bathroom during a commercial break, there was a decent chance that by the time you sat back down on the sofa, the Bears already had the ball again. There’s the “West Coast Offense, the “Run and Shoot,” the “Spread” Offense, the “Wing-T,” etc. The Eagles run the “No Pee Breaks” Offense, because if you have to pee, you’ll miss it. And really, congrats to those of you who did. Beyond the general unproductiveness, they don’t exploit defensive weaknesses. In this case, the Bears were missing their top three linebackers, and opposing tight ends were averaging 6.5 receptions per game against them. Dallas Goedert somehow had just 4 targets. There’s no rhythm, no flow, rarely plays that complement others, no creativity. It’s bad, and it’s boring. It just sucks.
Truly a Black Friday – Iggles Blitz
I’m not going to write a long piece and analyze the game. I’m bummed out and don’t have a lot to say that would be all that interesting or useful. I know a lot of people are out for blood. Fire Kevin Patullo. Cut somebody. Bench somebody. Have Howie and Jeffrey address the media so we can grill them for answers. I’m not at that point. I don’t believe in action for the sake of action. I understand the emotional desire for it, but you should only make moves that make sense. I’m fine with firing Patullo, but only if Nick Sirianni has the right idea for how to replace him. The right change can make a difference. Sirianni needs to figure out how to take this group of players and get the most out of them. That could mean calling different plays. It could mean being different with messaging. Maybe the coaches aren’t yelling enough. Maybe they’re yelling too much. Something isn’t working. A lot isn’t working.
NFL Week 13: Questions, takeaways from Thanksgiving games – ESPN
Are the Eagles in trouble? It feels like the Eagles have reached the most important moment in their season. A collapse against the Dallas Cowboys was followed by a discouraging home loss to the Chicago Bears on Friday, when their offense was familiarly listless for most of the game and their defense looked suddenly vulnerable. At 8-4, they’re still the favorites to win the NFC East, and they have a rather friendly closing schedule, with two games against the Washington Commanders and a matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders. But things have felt a little shaky around this team for much of the season. Now is the time for the defending champs to show the ‘25 squad has what it takes to make another run.
Bears-Eagles on Black Friday: What We Learned from Chicago’s 24-15 win – NFL.com
Eagles’ offense continues miserable trudge. Philadelphia’s disjointed offense produced a performance that typified everything good and bad about it through 13 weeks. The Eagles converted just 4 of 12 third down attempts, went three-and-out four times, lacked creativity and, perhaps even worse, struggled mightily with executing simple tasks. Jalen Hurts was inconsistent in the accuracy department, throwing passes behind receivers rather routinely, and their ground game was subpar again. The Eagles’ offensive line injuries are undoubtedly hurting their rushing offense, but it’s also equally as frustrating to witness how quickly they can move down the field when operating with a sense of urgency and leaning on their best players. For all of the drama that has revolved around A.J. Brown, he played a pivotal role on Friday, catching 10 of his 12 targets for 132 yards and two touchdowns. And yet, in some key spots, it seemed as if Hurts preferred to survey rather than feed his best pass-catcher. Philadelphia’s fans booed the unit aggressively entering halftime, and rightfully so. Even when they found life in the fourth quarter, the Eagles fumbled away possession on a tush push. Such is life for the Birds in 2025.
The Early Bird | If not by replacing Kevin Patullo, how can Eagles’ Nick Sirianni change course offensively after listless performance vs. Bears? – PHLY
The same could be said for the Eagles overall. The absence of a consistent run game has left the conservative approach Sirianni often favors without the unstoppable force necessary to see out games that way. The coach often points to the confidence he has in his players when explaining fourth-quarter decisions, but was notably cautious in his approach once again at the end of the first half when he decided to let roughly 20 seconds wind down before the two-minute warning to protect against the possibility of the offense stalling out and giving the Bears enough time to score instead. It was the latest in a string of such decisions for Sirianni in the last couple weeks, although the coach said he was still being aggressive letting time run down before the second-and-9. “We were still pushing for points,” Sirianni said. “We had three timeouts. … We had plenty of time to go and score a touchdown and be the last ones with the football.”
Jalen Hurts: “It’s becoming tougher and tougher” to run the tush push – PFT
After sleepwalking through the first two-and-a-half quarters of Friday’s game, the Eagles’ offense woke up. And the momentum swung fully in Philly’s direction after an interception on Chicago’s next drive. Down 10-9, the Eagles had the ball at the Bears’ 36. A 15-yard gain from running back Saquon Barkley gave the home team first and 10 from the 21. Two plays and nine yards later, the Eagles faced third and one. It was time to trot out the tush push. And the end result was a fumble that the Bears recovered. “I was hoping that [forward progress] was stopped, but it wasn’t,” quarterback Jalen Hurts told reporters after the 24-15 game. “It was kind of similar to the New York game except that they just didn’t blow the whistle as soon. That’s not to point the finger at anyone else. I mean, I have to hold onto the ball. It definitely presents itself as an issue and it always has. It’s just never gotten us and so today it got us and it’s something that we and I need to tighten up.” Does the tush push sometimes create issues with ball security?
Spadaro: 6 observations from the Black Friday loss to the Bears – PE.com
The Eagles just didn’t get the offense going. The Eagles had 83 total net yards and two first downs on just four first-half possessions. They converted 1 of 5 first downs. The search for a full game of offense continues. Philadelphia finished with 14 first downs and 317 yards of offense, but those numbers didn’t translate to points and chances to take a lead and put the Bears on their heels. The offense converted 4 of 12 third downs and held possession of the football for 20 minutes, 42 seconds.
Bear & Balanced: Bears Bully the Eagles Behind a Beautiful Run Game – Windy City Gridiron
It wasn’t quite as dominant as Clubber Lang knocking out Rocky Balboa, but the Chicago Bears did the unthinkable. They went into Philly, and they smacked the Philadelphia Eagles around for the entire world to see. At one point in the game, the broadcast team described the Bears’ dominant run game as delivering body blows to the Eagles. Chicago’s 281 rushing yards were the most the Eagles have allowed since 2015. This was the first time that Philadelphia had allowed a hundred-yard rusher in 34 games, and the first time they had allowed two hundred-yard rushers in the same game in twenty years. Chicago’s offensive line deserves all the credit, but so do the tight ends and receivers, and I can’t express enough how beautiful the running scheme cooked up by Ben Johnson and the coaching staff is.
Ben Johnson wins a game and loses his shirt after Bears-Eagles – SB Nation
The Chicago Bears just delivered their first true statement win of the 2025 NFL season. Ben Johnson’s charges entered Week 13 sitting atop the NFC North with an 8-3 record, but facing questions over just how good they really are. Counted among Chicago’s wins are victories over the Raiders, the Commanders, the Saints, the Giants, the Bengals (without Joe Burrow), the Vikings, and the Steelers (without Aaron Rodgers). In addition, each of those wins — save for the win over New Orleans — came via one score. So Friday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles was perhaps their biggest test yet, as the Bears had to go on the road and take on an Eagles team desperately looking to bounce back after a loss to the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday.
Trevon Diggs set to return vs. Lions barring setback – Blogging The Boys
The Dallas Cowboys are on a three-game winning streak after beating the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving. Their next game is against the Detroit Lions next Thursday, and according to team owner Jerry Jones, one of their veteran defensive players will be back on the field barring a setback. That guy is cornerback Trevon Diggs.
Commanders vs Broncos Friday Injury Report: Two players questionable – Hogs Haven
The Washington Commanders held their last full practice of the week today. Dan Quinn gave injury updates after practice. Terry McLaurin will be active for the first time since Week 8. He’s been dealing with a quad injury since Week 3, and has missed most of the season. He will return to face the Denver Broncos on Sunday night without QB Jayden Daniels who was ruled out again due to his dislocated left elbow. Marcus Mariota gets another start this week. The Commanders also ruled out WR Noah Brown and DE Drake Jackson. They’re both still on injured reserve, and had their 21-day practice windows opened to return. Dan Quinn said that Brown was close, and he could return next week when they travel to Minnesota to face the Vikings. Jackson has another week to get activated, or he’ll return to IR, ending his season before it started. The former 49ers 2nd round pick hasn’t played since suffering a patellar tendon injury in 2023.
Big Blue View mailbag: What does the future hold at head coach, GM? – Big Blue View
Doug, I absolutely think the Giants can compete with their current ownership structure. I know it has been ugly lately, but the Giants have won four titles in the Super Bowl era and gotten their five times. I have said many times that the ownership structure, the only 50-50 dual ownership setup (or, 45-45 with Julia Koch and her family now having a non-decision making 10% stake) in the NFL, makes things complicated. Yes, John Mara is more hands-on than Steve Tisch and probably has more input into football decisions, but Tisch has a voice. His opinion matters. If he won’t sign off on a choice like who the next head coach is going to be or if the current one is going to get fired, that move does not happen. They have to get the right coach. It has been a frustratingly long time since they had that guy. Reality is, teams make mistakes in hiring head coaches far more often than they get it right. Just because the Giants have not gotten it right lately does not mean they can’t, or won’t.
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